The Peacock is one of our more common species. It has just one brood per year. It over-winters as an adult, emerging from hibernation in
spring. The eggs are laid in early summer on nettles or hops. This accounts for the mid-summer lull in numbers of adults seen on the wing before the smart
new crop of adults emerges from late in July and into August.

Adults in flight: MOST SEEN on ANY ONE DAY in early, mid and late month thirds.
Peacock sightings at Roseland House, Great Yeldham.

March

April

May

June

July

August

Sept

2011

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

2012

0

0

2

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

6

8

5

1

0

0

2013

0

0

0

0

1

2

2

1

1

1

0

0

0

1

19

70

27

16

2

0

0

2014

1

3

4

5

6

4

1

3

0

1

0

0

1

46

58

4

3

1

1

1

0

2015

0

0

0

4

5

1

2

1

2

1

0

0

0

2

28

Adults in flight: AVERAGE SIGHTINGS PER COUNTING DAY in early, mid and late month thirds.
Peacock sightings at Roseland House, Great Yeldham. All species

March

April

May

June

July

August

Sept

2011

0

0

0.3

0

0

0

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.6

0.3

0

0

0

0

0

2012

0

0

1.1

0

0

0

0.3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.2

5.0

2.4

0.7

0

0

2013

0

0

0

0

0.8

1.3

0.6

0.4

0.5

0.1

0

0

0

0.1

9.2

39

15

6.9

0.5

0

0

2014

0.5

0.9

1.5

3.7

2.5

1.9

0.6

0.9

0

0.2

0

0

0.1

16

40

2.7

1.1

0.4

0.5

0.1

0

2015

0

0

0

2.0

1.4

0.8

0.7

0.3

0.6

0.1

0

0

0

0.6

8.9

Weather notes:
2011. July - early August very wet.
2012. April - mid July very wet. August to mid September dry.
2013. Winter wet, March and early April, very cold. The rest of the spring was mostly cold. Early July, v. warm, caterpillars on the nettles. August, warm.
2014. Winter very wet, mild. Spring was early, colder in mid April. Summer to early August, warm without a drought.